The 2021 Cazoo European Championship was the fourteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation 's European Championship tournament, which saw the top players from the two European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 14 to 17 October 2021 at the Salzburgarena in Salzburg , Austria .
21-576: (Redirected from Robert Crosse ) Robert Cross or Crosse may refer to: Rob Cross (born 1990), English darts player Rob Cross (basketball) , American basketball coach Robert Cross (footballer) (1914–?), Scottish footballer Robert Cross (Canadian politician) , mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, 1994–1999 Robert Craigie Cross (1911–2000), professor of logic at Aberdeen University Robert Thomas Cross (1850–1923), British astrologer Robert J. Cross (1803–1873), American pioneer and member of
42-628: A 6–3 win against Adrian Lewis to move into the top 32 for the first time. Cross reached the final of two events in the 2017 PDC European Tour , the German Darts Grand Prix and the European Darts Trophy , both times losing to Michael van Gerwen. He reached his first premier event final in October at the 2017 European Championship , again losing to van Gerwen. Cross made his World Championship debut in 2018 as
63-641: Is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently the World No. 5 , having reached a peak of World No. 2 from 2018 to 2019. Nicknamed " Voltage ", he is a former world champion having won the 2018 World Championship , defeating Phil Taylor in the final. Cross won the World Championship on his debut, having turned professional just 11 months prior to
84-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rob Cross European Tour Events Players Championships World Series of Darts Challenge Tour 2017 Breaks into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time (In his debut year on the circuit) 2018 Breaks into the top 4 in the PDC Order of Merit for the first time Robert Cross (born 21 September 1990)
105-540: The 2016 UK Open as an amateur Rileys qualifier; making it to the last 32 before falling to world number one Michael van Gerwen , who achieved a nine-dart finish in the process. Following this, he competed in the PDC Challenge Tour , winning three of the 16 events and ultimately topping the Order of Merit, consequently earning a Tour Card for the 2017 PDC Pro Tour . At the 2017 UK Open , Cross reached
126-676: The 2019 UK Open in Minehead. Cross was the eventual runner-up at the tournament, as he lost heavily to Nathan Aspinall . Cross made his second televised final of the year (4th major, 7th televised) at the 2019 Premier League Darts . After finishing 2nd in the league format, Cross went to the O2 in London for the Play-Offs. He took on James Wade in the semi-final and was successful in victory. He then took on World Number One, Michael van Gerwen in
147-468: The 20th seed, reaching the final against Phil Taylor following wins over Seigo Asada , Michael Smith (in which Cross survived two match darts ), John Henderson , Dimitri Van den Bergh and Michael van Gerwen (in which Cross survived six match darts). In the final he defeated Taylor, who had previously announced that he would retire after the tournament, 7–2 in sets. He is the only player to have survived match darts in two rounds and then go on to win
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189-739: The World title. Winning the World Championship meant that he finished at number 3 in the PDC Order of Merit and earned automatic qualification for the 2018 Premier League Darts . Cross was tipped by a few pundits to have an off year as they thought that the pressure of being world champion would get to him, despite this he made a good showing on his Premier League debut making it to the semi-finals. However, he only won one players' championship title in comparison to 2017 where he won 4, he won players' championship 13 by defeating Peter Wright in
210-544: The event. Cross has won 19 senior PDC titles, including the World Matchplay in 2019 and the European Championship in 2019 and 2021 . In October 2015, Cross attempted to qualify for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship , where he was knocked out in the last 64 by Tony Martin . He also competed in the 2015 World Masters , losing to Darius Labanauskas in the last 48. Cross competed in
231-544: The fifth round before being knocked out by the eventual winner Peter Wright . The following week, he won his first PDC title by defeating Mervyn King 6–5 in the final of the third Players Championship . His first year on the tour continued positively, winning the 12th event with a 6–5 victory over Ian White , who missed five darts for the title. Cross then beat Peter Wright 6–2 in the 19th Players Championship in Dublin and quickly added his 4th Players Championship (PC21) with
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#1732793118271252-472: The final 11–8. At the 2022 World Championship , Cross started his campaign with a 3–1 win against Raymond van Barneveld . In the next round he beat Daryl Gurney in a last set decider, before eventually succumbing 4–3 to Gary Anderson in the fourth round. At the 2023 World Championship Cross reached the fourth round, losing to Chris Dobey 4–2. At the Grand Slam , Cross was the runner-up, losing
273-479: The final and he won his first World Series event which was the Brisbane Darts Masters by defeating Michael Van Gerwen 10–6 in the final. He had made two previous World Series finals that year: Las Vegas and Shanghai . In defence of his world title at the 2019 World Championship , Cross lost 4–2 in the fourth round to Luke Humphries . Cross made his 3rd major final and 6th televised final at
294-514: The final to Luke Humphries 16–8. At the 2024 World Championship Cross whitewashed Thibault Tricole in his second round match 3–0, won against Jeffrey de Graaf 4–2 in the third round, whitewashed Jonny Clayton 4–0 in the fourth round and came back from 4 sets down to defeat Chris Dobey 5–4 to reach the semi-finals. He lost his semi-final to Luke Littler 6–2. Cross spent the majority of his early life living in Edenbridge, Kent . He
315-437: The final. He eventually lost the tournament by 11–6. He won the World Matchplay against Michael Smith by beating him 18–13 in legs. Cross became only the fourth player to ever win the World Championship and World Matchplay (previously achieved by Phil Taylor , Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson ). On his way to the final he beat Chris Dobey , Krzysztof Ratajski , Stephen Bunting and Daryl Gurney , (from 15–9 down in
336-402: The first round after losing 6–3 to Florian Hempel . Rob Cross won his second European Championship title after defeating Michael van Gerwen 11–8 in a repeat of the 2017 final . In the quarter-finals, Gerwyn Price 's average of 107.56 against van Gerwen became the highest ever losing average at a European Championship. The 2021 European Championship had a total prize fund of £500,000,
357-502: The same as its previous edition. The following is the breakdown of the fund: The 2021 tournament continued the new qualification system used in the three previous editions: the top 32 players from the European Tour Order of Merit qualified for the tournament. The Order of Merit is solely based on prize money won in the two European tour events during the season. As with the previous tournaments, players were drawn in
378-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Cross&oldid=1253149047 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
399-461: The second round. At the World Series of Darts Finals he beat Michael Smith and James Wade en route to the final, before eventually succumbing to Gerwyn Price . Cross suffered another early exit at the 2021 World Championship , losing to Dirk van Duijvenbode 3–2 in the second round. Cross won his 4th PDC major at the 2021 European Darts Championship beating Michael van Gerwen in
420-463: The semi-finals). Cross reached his 4th World Series Final at the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters . He lost to the winner Damon Heta in a last leg decider 8–7. On 27 October 2019, Cross won his 3rd major PDC title, the European Championship , beating Gerwyn Price 11–6 in the final in Göttingen, Germany . Cross had a poor showing in the 2020 World Championship , losing to Kim Huybrechts 3–0 in
441-437: Was an electrician before turning professional. His nickname, " Voltage ", comes from his former profession. PDC European Tour PDC Players Championships 2021 European Championship (darts) Peter Wright was the defending champion, having won the tournament for the first time with an 11–4 win over James Wade in the 2020 final . However, he became the third consecutive defending champion to be eliminated in
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